MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2006
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"Once, I would drive across town if necessary [to buy a newspaper]," says
Michael Kinsley. "Today, I open the front door and if the paper isn't within about 10 feet I retreat to my computer and read it online. Only six months ago, that figure was 20 feet. Extrapolating, they will have to bring it to me in bed by the end of the year and read it to me out loud by the second quarter of 2007."
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"If you are reading these words on a sheaf of brittle sheets, with the ink seeping into your fingerprints, you are participating in an antique ritual that may be heading toward its final act," writes
Justin Davidson.
(Newsday)Posted at 7:18:42 AM
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